Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0KY0N5
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 14 '17 at 08:05
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 90.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 207
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 552
56% 455 Pts
64-Core 560
35% 560 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0776) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.58% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 108
Parallax 6.97
6% 40.7 fps
MRender 8.67
Gravity 6.13
Splatting 14.3
8% 9.69 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.58%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T87110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 493
Write 450
Mixed 338
95% 427 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 13.3
75% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 24.4
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 11.8
39% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
818GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.9% Very good
Read 126
Write 128
Mixed 125
95% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.39
4K Mixed 0.18
67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KMKYF9-MIB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
77.5% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 22.2
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

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